Game device.



No. 670,487.- Patented Mar.'26, I901.

M. VAN WAGNER.

GAME DEVICE.

(Application filed. June 14,.1900.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED I STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC M. VAN WAGNER, OF NYACK, NEW YORK.

GAME DEVICE.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 670,487, dated March26, 1901. Application filed June 14, 1900. emu No. 20,240. (No model.)

in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to the boys game of tip-cat, and particularly todevices for playing the same; and the object thereof is to provideimproved devices of this class,and

especially a cat of improved form and con-' struction, which may alsoserve as a ball in various games.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by the same letters of reference ineach of the views, and in which- Figurev l is a side view of a bat whichI employ; Fig. 2, a cross-section thereof on the line 2 2; Fig. 3, aside view of the cat; Fig. 4, an end view thereof, and Fig. 5 acrosssection on the line 5 5 of Fig. 3.

In the'practice of my invention I provide a bat a, (shown in Figs. 1 and2,) which is preferably flat except at one end, where it is formed intoa handle a and the width of the flat portion thereof is about threetimes as great as the thickness, the sides and edges of the body portionof the bat being parallel,

and said bat is preferably composed of wood.

In Figs. 3 to 5, inclusive, I have shown my improved cat I), which iscylindrical in crosssection and tapered from the center toward bothends, the form thereof being such that if divided in the middle the endportions thus formedwould each be substantially conical in shape. Thecat is composed of rubber,

rubber and canvas, or other suitable elastic material and is preferablymade hollow, but may be solid in cross-section, if desired,

and the ends thereof or the central portions of said ends are roughenedin any desired manner; but in the form of construction shown in thedrawings I provide annular grooves 17 which form the desired roughenedsurface, and it will be apparent that these grooves may be provided orthat the ends of the said cat may be roughened as desired when the saidcat is made solid as Well as when made hollow, as shown in the drawings.A cat thus formed possesses great elasticity, and the direction takenthereby when hit by the bat would depend entirely upon the manner inwhich the same is struck or the portion thereof which receives the blow.It will also be apparent that if the said cat is struck fairly in themiddle by the flat side of the bat the trajectory of the said cat willbe the same as though it were made cylindrical in form, and this willalso be true if the said cat be struck fairly on the end, and it is inorder to accomplish this result that I provide a bat of the formdescribed, which is rectangular in cross-section and the width of whichis materially greater than the thickness thereof.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- A game device comprising a cat of oblong form andcylindrical in cross-section and provided'with pointed or conical ends,said device being hollow and being composed of elastic material and theend portions'thereof being provided with annular grooves in the surfacethereof, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 13th day of June,1900.

ISAAC M. VAN WAGNER.

Witnesses:

F. A. STEWART, O. O. OLSEN.

